My
focus for this class is affordable childcare for children with disabilities. I
have learned from personal experience that it is hard to find quality and affordable
childcare for special needs children. My grandson is special needs and finding
childcare that was affordable and could handle him was very hard. Because of
his behavior he is only in school for an hour a day. If schools cannot handle
him how will we be able to find quality childcare. We are not able to get a
voucher to help pay and most places want more than we can afford. If we can get
our government representatives to focus on this
maybe help will come to all who need it. I am not saying it is only for
children with special needs but even low or middle income families need it
also.
I
truly believe that there are trials and that they have existed for quite some
time, but I also believe that change is on the up rise of things and we can
make a difference if we don't lose hope. A solid start has been made by
many professional in this field to focus on the need for early childhood
education but we must continue to keep plugging forward and know that we can
have an abundant finish if we don't lose heart. We are all taking these classes because we about the children and we want to give them the best and quality childcare we can.
Mary,
ReplyDeleteI love that you chose affordability in childcare for children with disabilities. It's an area that hasn't really been heavily explored yet, so it's an exciting choice! I'm so sorry about your grandson-have they diagnosed him with a particular delay or disorder?
I provided family childcare for a longtime and I saw the difficulty parents had finding quality care for their child. Rules and regulations through the military prevented me from taking more than 2 children with special needs; they would lower my ratio. I believe there is a fear in working with children with disabilities. Extensive training and knowledge helped me provide for the children I cared for. Tobie
ReplyDeleteMary,
ReplyDeleteGreat post. The topic you chosen is a great. I would love to read up on the topic you have chosen. There are children with disabilities that are not able to go to a daycare because the daycare don't have teachers with the qualifications to teach the child.